For anyone heading to the upcoming Wine & Cheese show in Toronto (March 19-21), WineAlign is offering some great tech to help you remember the wines that you taste using your smartphone and 2d bar codes printed on cards in...

It is always good to see Ontario wines being enjoyed and appreciated beyond our backyard. This news release last week came across the wire (so to speak) celebrating that an Inniskillin icewine was served at the Nobel Peace Prize Dinner....

It is definitely organized wine tasting event time in Toronto. A press release for the 2009 Chilean Wine Festival made its way to my inbox and I'm more than happy to help spread the word. The event is detailed at...

I don't always share Beppi's assessment on the wine scene here in Ontario, but I enjoyed his story discussing the release of some 2007 vintage Ontario wines and how the weather for the 2007 growing season allowed red wines to...

Congrats to WineOnline.ca! WineOnline has offered some of my favourite wines including Domaine Pegau and Radio Couteau. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2009/01/c9295.html Canadian Online Wine Company Celebrates Five Successful Years With Launch Into Alberta TORONTO, June 1 /CNW/ - Five years ago WineOnline.ca launched...

Vintages has mailed out and posted online the Classics catalogue for May. I've passed on the last couple of Classics releases but this one might tempt me. There are some interesting Burgundy's from 2006 (a nice, very forward vintage) and...

I just received my notice about the 2009 edition of the New Zealand Wine Fairs taking place in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver this year (and according to the website Edmonton & Montreal). The fair last year was excellent. I was...

Vintages is hosting what looks like a decent tasting event featuring some of the larger, big name producers from Burgundy. 83 wines are being poured largely from the 2006 and 2007 vintages. It should be interesting to see if the...

Vintages is hosting what looks like a decent tasting event featuring some of the larger, big name producers from Burgundy. 83 wines are being poured largely from the 2006 and 2007 vintages. It should be interesting to see if the...

The LCBO issued the following press release about the newish VINTAGES Online Exclusives site today. I'm not sure why you'd push out a press release for a service that launched in October, but there's one tidbit that caught my attention....

Looks like Niagara is planning a great week-long party to celebrate Icewine. Here's press release that details the different festivities. Embrace the Winter Like Never Before at the Niagara Icewine Festival The Best of Niagara Showcased during a 10-Day Celebration...

Here's an interesting new site for Ontario wine buyers. WineAlign.com can search across wines available at the LCBO (and your local store or stores) and links available wines with professional and user ratings and reviews. I've only taken a cursory...